The Vince Coglianese Show

8:35 AM -- INTERVIEW - TOM HOMAN - former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

8am – A         Interview - Ken Cuccinelli - acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Trump administration releases new "public charge" rule making it easier to reject immigrants  -- The Trump administration on Monday issued a long-awaited rule strengthening the ability of federal officials to deny green cards to immigrants deemed likely to rely on government aid. Officials described the so-called "public charge" rule as a way to ensure those granted permanent residency are self-sufficient -- and protect taxpayers in the process.  “The principle driving it is an old American value, and that’s self-sufficiency,” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli told Fox News in an interview. “It’s a core principle -- the American Dream itself -- and it’s one of the things that distinguishes us, and it's central to the legal history in the U.S. back into the 1800s.”

Cuccinelli gets criticism for claiming Statue of Liberty poem referred to Europeans. (Washington Examiner) -- Acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli asserted Tuesday that the poem emblazoned on the Statue of Liberty pedestal in New York Harbor referred specifically to immigrants from Europe. Cuccinelli initially faced criticism after he told NPR the poem meant, "Give me your tired, your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge." Cuccinelli was asked earlier Tuesday on NPR whether the words "give me your tired, your poor" were part of the American ethos. Cuccinelli responded: "They certainly are. Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge."

Pelosi predicts Trump public charge rule will be "swiftly challenged and defeated" (The Hill) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday slammed the Trump administration's new immigration rule that links an immigrant's ability to secure residency or a path to citizenship to their use of public programs, predicting it will be defeated in court. "This hateful, bigoted rule is a direct assault on our nation’s proud heritage as a beacon of hope and opportunity for all and a clear attempt to demonize and terrorize the newcomers who make America more American," the California lawmaker tweeted.

 

8am – B/C     Fortnite World Cup champ gets ‘swatted’ during live Twitch stream (New York Post) -- The Pennsylvania teen who won the Fortnite World Cup last month — pocketing $3 million in the process — was “swatted” over the weekend during a livestream on Twitch, he said. The criminal harassment tactic involves making a false report to police in hopes of getting a SWAT team to bust into a video gamer’s house. “Well, that’s a new one,” Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf told Twitch viewers on Saturday after the incident. “They came in with guns, bro. They literally pulled up,” he said. “That’s scary…The internet’s f—ing crazy.” Giersdorf, 16, was in the middle of playing “Fortnite Arena Trios” with some friends when he stepped away for several minutes to deal with the cops.

 

8am – D         Interview - Kevin Lewis - Reporter for WJLA ABC7

ICE: Undocumented immigrants in Md. rape friend's 11-year-old sister on separate occasions (WJLA ABC7) -- Two undocumented immigrants are accused of raping an 11-year-old girl on different occasions, the common denominator being a friendship with the victim's older brother. Montgomery County Police have arrested Mauricio Barrera-Navidad, 29, of Damascus, and Carlos Palacios-Amaya, 28, of Gaithersburg, and charged each with second-degree rape. Last month, the victim — now 12-years-old — spoke with a social worker at her middle school in Germantown. Talking through tears, the girl shared the painful details about what both men allegedly did to her.

 

8am – E         ASAP Rocky found guilty of assault but spared jail in Swedish trial that drew support from Trump, celebs (NBC News) -- Rapper ASAP Rocky was found guilty of assault Wednesday by a Swedish court but will avoid further jail time.

The rapper was handed a conditional sentence after the court found that the assault was not "of such a serious nature" as to warrant more time behind bars. Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, was arrested in Stockholm in July after he and two of his entourage got into a street brawl with a 19-year-old man, Mustafa Jafari. Prosecutors asked the court to convict Mayers, 30, and sentence him to at least six months in jail.

Interview - Kevin Lewis - Reporter for WJLA ABC7

ICE: Undocumented immigrants in Md. rape friend's 11-year-old sister on separate occasions (WJLA ABC7) -- Two undocumented immigrants are accused of raping an 11-year-old girl on different occasions, the common denominator being a friendship with the victim's older brother. Montgomery County Police have arrested Mauricio Barrera-Navidad, 29, of Damascus, and Carlos Palacios-Amaya, 28, of Gaithersburg, and charged each with second-degree rape. Last month, the victim — now 12-years-old — spoke with a social worker at her middle school in Germantown. Talking through tears, the girl shared the painful details about what both men allegedly did to her.

Interview - Ken Cuccinelli - acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Trump administration releases new "public charge" rule making it easier to reject immigrants  -- The Trump administration on Monday issued a long-awaited rule strengthening the ability of federal officials to deny green cards to immigrants deemed likely to rely on government aid. Officials described the so-called "public charge" rule as a way to ensure those granted permanent residency are self-sufficient -- and protect taxpayers in the process.  “The principle driving it is an old American value, and that’s self-sufficiency,” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli told Fox News in an interview. “It’s a core principle -- the American Dream itself -- and it’s one of the things that distinguishes us, and it's central to the legal history in the U.S. back into the 1800s.”

Cuccinelli gets criticism for claiming Statue of Liberty poem referred to Europeans. (Washington Examiner) -- Acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli asserted Tuesday that the poem emblazoned on the Statue of Liberty pedestal in New York Harbor referred specifically to immigrants from Europe. Cuccinelli initially faced criticism after he told NPR the poem meant, "Give me your tired, your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge." Cuccinelli was asked earlier Tuesday on NPR whether the words "give me your tired, your poor" were part of the American ethos. Cuccinelli responded: "They certainly are. Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge."

Pelosi predicts Trump public charge rule will be "swiftly challenged and defeated" (The Hill) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday slammed the Trump administration's new immigration rule that links an immigrant's ability to secure residency or a path to citizenship to their use of public programs, predicting it will be defeated in court. "This hateful, bigoted rule is a direct assault on our nation’s proud heritage as a beacon of hope and opportunity for all and a clear attempt to demonize and terrorize the newcomers who make America more American," the California lawmaker tweeted.